IMD issues ‘cold day’ alert to these states in north India; dense fog to prevail
Hindustan TimesThe India Meteorological Department issued a ‘cold day’ warning on Friday for several states in northern India, anticipating temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius. People sitting around bonfire to protect themselves from cold wave during winter season in Patna, Bihar According to the IMD data, the minimum temperatures, recorded at 8.30 am on Friday over the past 24 hours, ranged between 6-10°C across most parts of Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, West Rajasthan, and certain areas in East Rajasthan and West Uttar Pradesh. “Cold Day to Severe Cold Day conditions are likely to continue over some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Rajasthan during next 2 days and significantly decrease thereafter,” IMD wrote on X. Min temperatures recorded in various states today In Delhi: Palam - 10°C Safdarjung - 9.4°C Ridge - 9.1°C Ayangar - 9.8°C In Uttar Pradesh: Meerut - 8.2°C Bareilly - 10.5°C Jhansi - 11.6°C Lucknow - 12.0°C Sultanpur - 11.6°C Bahraich - 11.4°C Gorakhpur - 11.9°C Varanasi - 13.0°C In Bihar: Patna - 12.2°C Darbhanga - 12.6°C Purnea - 9.9°C Gaya - 10.6°C In Punjab: Ludhiana - 6.6°C Amritsar - 6.6°C In Haryana and Chandigarh: Chandigarh - 4.9°C Ambala - 6.6°C Hissar - 7.5°C Karnal - 6.3°C In Rajasthan: Ganganagar - 6.8°C Churu - 5.4°C Bikaner - 2.8°C Jaisalmer - 5.5°C Jaipur - 7.4°C Ajmer - 4.8°C Udaipur - 6.8°C Very dense to dense fog in parts of Delhi Parts of Delhi experienced dense fog on Friday morning, while the minimum temperature settled at 9.4 degrees Celsius, according to IMD data.